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tone dialing

tone dialing noun: a system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a burst of a single audio frequency.

Noun

tone dialing (uncountable)

  1. (US) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a burst of a single audio frequency.

Questions about tone dialing

What does tone dialing mean?
Tone dialing means a system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a burst of a single audio frequency.
What part of speech is tone dialing?
Tone dialing is a noun.

Words near tone dialing in the dictionary

  1. tone color
  2. tone colors
  3. tone colour
  4. tone deaf
  5. tone deafness
  6. tone dialing
  7. tone dialling
  8. tone down
  9. tone hole
  10. tone holes
  11. tone in

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